Quotes about Effort

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

As Edison is credited with saying, "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." We all want to be successful, but most of us aren't willing to do what those who are successful did to attain it. We want success without sacrifice, but you can't have one without the other!

Pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on you." But there are others, such as, "Criticize by creating," "Thou shalt offend Pharisees," and "Catch people doing something right.

God doesn't always call us to win. Sometimes He just calls us to try. Either way, it's obedience that glorifies God.

They force me to work like it depends on me and pray like it depends on God.

Our potential is directly proportional to our prayer life. It is the single greatest indicator of our success in any endeavor.

Do the best you can with what you have where you are. Success is not circumstantial. We usually focus on what we're doing or where we're going, but God's primary concern is who we're becoming in the process. We talk about "doing" the will of God, but the will of God has much more to do with "being."

Playing the man means playing hard—giving God everything you've got. It's leaving it all out on the court. The gold standard is Colossians 3:23, which says, Whatever you do, work at it with all of your heart, as working for the Lord. A literal translation could read: "Do it like your life depends on it." In other words, give it everything you've got. Don't just make a living. Make a life.

After we pray like it depends on God, we need to work like it depends on us. But if we don't pray first, our work won't work.

Almost anyone can accomplish almost anything if they work at it long enough, hard enough, and smart enough.